There has been a recent trend toward these succinct little life-stories, although "legend" has it that Hemingway wrote the first one; he was challenged to write a story using only 6 words, and his heart-wrenching response was: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." SMITH magazine has not only published 2 books, it has a dedicated website for readers' submissions -- you can read more here. So, while I was reading some of these the other day -- some are hilarious, some are gut-wrenching, and some are just kind of...lame -- I was inspired to try this myself, and I came up with:
I shouldn't pick my own boyfriends.
or
Stopped singing, started writing; found voice.
or
Crazy dog lady, and it's okay.
I would love to see what others' come up with. Please leave me a comment with your 6 word memoirs, and maybe I'll publish them in a future post!
I shouldn't pick my own boyfriends.
or
Stopped singing, started writing; found voice.
or
Crazy dog lady, and it's okay.
I would love to see what others' come up with. Please leave me a comment with your 6 word memoirs, and maybe I'll publish them in a future post!
2 comments:
I can't do it! Everything I come up with falls into the lame category!
You can! I believe in you, and it's okay if they are lame :)
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